He knows to steer an horse and hollo hounds,

170But not to guide his actions, less his tongue;

He speaks in state, but ev'ry sentence sounds

Of comic fragments or some tavern song.

And shall I him, hail'd by unworthy pelf,

Take to rule me, who cannot rule himself?

Shall I see other female vessels thrive

With mine own nectar, and they fee'd with money,

Whilst I like careful bee do keep my hive,

And work the comb for them to suck the honey?